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Eileen Collins (S93-E-5033, 1999-07-24)
1999-07-24
- Classification
- Photograph
- Museum
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit line
- Description page (archive); direct link to file (archive of file)
- Rights
- Public domain, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Astronaut Eileen M. Collins, mission commander, looks over a procedures checklist at the commander's station on the forward flight deck of the Space Shuttle Columbia on Flight Day 1. The most important event of this day was the deployment of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, the world's most powerful X-Ray telescope. The photo was recorded with an electronic still camera (ESC). S93-E-5033.